Language Arts Grade Five

Unit Sixteen, Lesson Four: Multiple Meanings


  1. bribe
  2. tribe
  3. give
  4. strive
  5. alive
  6. electric
  7. charge
  8. volts
  9. generate
  10. alternative
  1. poles
  2. rural
  3. dwell
  4. village
  5. town
  6. council
  7. local
  8. municipal
  9. distance
  10. services
Multiple Meanings

Many words can have more than one meaning. Consider the word light. Light can refer to weight (as in "The package was light.") or it can refer to an appliance (as in "Would you please turn on the light.") or it can refer to the color of something (as in "She had light brown hair."). Here are some more words with multiple meanings.


  yard: 
	the area next to a building or house
	three feet

  play:
	to fool around and have fun
	a skit or theatrical production

  leaves:
	going away from
	a part of a tree

  mean:
	not very nice
	the intent or purpose of something someone says

  foot:
	body part at the end of the legs
	twelve inches

  match:
	an item which goes with another item
	a stick with a special coating at one end which can start a fire
	


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